RTEAM

What RTEAM does

RTEAM (Real Time Entertainment & Management) is a privately held, founder-led B2B live entertainment services firm headquartered in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, operating since 2014 (with consolidated firmographic founding references as early as 2011). The company delivers four integrated service lines — talent buying, artist relations, production management, and full event production — covering live entertainment engagements ranging from intimate 30-person sets to 30,000-attendee festivals. RTEAM's customer base spans brands and corporations seeking experiential activations, festival and event organizers (Beaches Oktoberfest, Florida Fin Fest, Natural Life Music Festival, Super Girl Pro), entertainment venues (River City Railway, the company's RTEAM Pavilion at The Block Jax), and notably cruise lines, with Virgin Voyages as a flagship global-fleet talent buying partner across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia since 2022.

The technology stack is led by RTEAM.ai, an internal event management and operations platform referenced on the company's service status page, complemented by a Squarespace-hosted marketing site and an Instagram-led social presence. There is no disclosed public API, SDK, or developer surface area; integrations and AI modalities are not documented in the available material. The offering is fundamentally relationship- and execution-driven rather than technology-platform driven, with proprietary feature strength concentrated in integration interoperability across agencies, artists, venues, and brand stakeholders rather than in software IP.

Commercially, RTEAM operates as a professional services business with quote-based, custom-engagement pricing tied to event scale, artist caliber, production requirements, and project duration; multi-year contracts are noted as typical. The go-to-market is sales-led enterprise, leveraging long-standing industry relationships, a portfolio of marquee owned/operated events as references, and earned media (including a 2025 Inc. 5000 ranking). In 2024, the company executed over 200 events and 1,000+ performances across four continents, connecting brands to over 750,000 attendees. The business is bootstrapped and founder-owned, with no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

RTEAM

Legal name

Real Time Entertainment & Management (RTEAM)

Website

https://rteam.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RTEAM is a Jacksonville Beach-based B2B live entertainment services firm providing talent buying, artist relations, production management, and event production for brands, festivals, venues, and cruise lines globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Event Production Services

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Artist Booking, Talent Buying & Agency Services (MPAGAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Talent Booking Agencies (Live Performance) (MPAIAGAB), Festival & Event Producers/Organizers (MPAIAFAC), Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Talent buying services
• Event production
• Artist relations
• Live entertainment
• Production management

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Talent Buying Services: RTEAM curates and secures artists for live events, serving as the intermediary between artists/agencies and event organizers. This is a core service revenue stream.
2. Event Production: Full-service event production from concept to execution, including staging, sound, lighting, creative direction, and day-of management. Typically project-based or retainer arrangements.
3. Production Management: Coordinating and supervising stage, sound, and lighting production elements for live entertainment experiences.
4. Artist Relations Services: Managing artist needs including travel, lodging, backstage hospitality, and logistical arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RTEAM is a live entertainment agency that sources, secures, and manages musical talent and artists for events ranging from 30 to 30,000 attendees. The company provides four integrated service lines—Talent Buying, Artist Relations, Production Management, and full-service Event Production—handling everything from artist booking, travel, lodging, and backstage hospitality to staging, sound, lighting, creative direction, and day-of execution for festivals, cruise ship entertainment, brand activations, and venue concerts across four continents.

Product overview

RTEAM (Real Time Entertainment & Management) is a talent buying and event production agency that offers a unified suite of live entertainment services. The core offering consists of four interconnected service lines: Talent Buying, Artist Relations, Production Management, and Event Production. RTEAM also operates owned and managed event properties including Florida Fin Fest, Beaches Oktoberfest, River City Railway venue, Skyway Social events, and the RTEAM Pavilion at The Block Jax. Additionally, RTEAM delivers client projects such as Virgin Voyages entertainment, Super Girl Pro, Destination Defender, and Natural Life Music Festival. The company leverages its RTEAM.ai software platform internally for operations management. The portfolio spans from intimate venue concerts to large-scale festivals accommodating 30 to 30,000 attendees across four continents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Talent Buying
• Artist Relations
• Production Management
• Event Production

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1000 performances and events delivered in 2024
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Beaches Oktoberfest, Inc.flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2025RTEAM Founder & CEO appointed as president of Beaches Oktoberfest, Inc., the nonprofit organization that owns and operates Florida's largest Oktoberfest. RTEAM has been an integral part of Beaches Oktoberfest since 2016, serving as talent buyer. This new partnership deepens involvement with RTEAM now taking on all creative and operational responsibilities of the annual event entering its 10th year.
• Natural LifecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 September 20242025 Florida Fin Fest presented by Natural Life. RTEAM collaborates with Natural Life to produce the Florida Fin Fest music festival at Seawalk Pavilion in Jacksonville Beach, helping coordinate logistics, support local artists, and ensure smooth event execution.
• Virgin VoyagescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022RTEAM serves as the talent buyer for guest artists, DJs, and performers on Virgin Voyages' global fleet. Since the partnership commenced in 2022, RTEAM has consistently raised the bar for entertainment at sea, delivering world-class touring talent to Virgin Voyages' ships in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. This partnership expanded RTEAM's global reach to cruise entertainment.
• Land Rover (Destination Defender)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRTEAM partnered with Land Rover to produce the Destination Defender festival embodying Defender pillars (off-roading, music, exploration). RTEAM oversaw talent buying and site operations. The 2022 event earned Best Outdoor Activation by the Ex Awards. RTEAM continued the partnership through 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Superfly: Experiential entertainment company producing Bonnaroo and Outside Lands. Highly comparable to RTEAM in festival/event production and brand-experience partnerships.
• C3 Presents: Festival and event production company behind Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza. Comparable to RTEAM in producing large-scale music festivals and brand-aligned experiences for sponsors and partners.
• Another Planet Entertainment: Independent concert and festival producer in the Western U.S. Comparable as a specialized event production and talent-buying firm serving festivals, venues and brand activations.
• Wasserman: Talent management, sports marketing and live experience agency. Comparable to RTEAM in artist representation, brand activations and event/experiential production for global brands.
• Founders Entertainment: Independent festival producer behind Governors Ball and other major U.S. music festivals. Comparable to RTEAM in producing and curating large-scale music events and brand sponsorships.

Broad incumbents

• Creative Artists Agency (CAA): Top-tier global talent agency. While primarily artist-representation focused, CAA increasingly competes in event production, brand partnerships and live-experience services adjacent to RTEAM's offering.
• United Talent Agency (UTA): Major global talent agency with growing live events and brand-experience practices. Comparable to RTEAM in artist booking and live entertainment programming for clients.
• AEG Presents: Concert promotion and live event arm of Anschutz Entertainment Group. Direct competitor to RTEAM in talent buying and large-scale event production across global venues and festivals.
• Live Nation Entertainment: World's largest live entertainment company operating concerts, festivals and ticketing. Competes with RTEAM in talent buying and event production at the largest scale and can outbid on major artist guarantees.
• Endeavor (WME / IMG): Global talent representation and sports/entertainment conglomerate. Overlaps with RTEAM through talent agency services, event production (IMG) and large-scale artist booking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/realtimemanagement
• Facebookfacebook.com/realtimemanagement
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/real-time-entertainment-management

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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